S 4130 · 119th Congress

A bill to put a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars.

The COST Act requires federal agencies and anyone receiving federal money to clearly tell the public how much their projects cost and how much of that cost is covered by taxpayers. Whenever a government agency or grant recipient announces a project, posts a job listing, or describes a program in any official stateme…

Sponsor

Ernst, Joni (R-Iowa)

Introduced

2026-03-18

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics